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Plain Reading is a conversation about books, reading, words, and the ideas and enthusiasms they inspire. We love talking to writers and readers of all sorts, and post a new episode every other week. Hosted by https://mstdn.social/@Zwieblein.

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plainreading, to writing
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It's Plain Reading's season finale! Join us for a discussion with and educator L. S. McKee—we're talking personas, relics, interdisciplinary , , and so much more!

https://plainreading.libsyn.com/epic-personas-and-writing-across-disciplines-l-s-mckee

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plainreading, to religion
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Plain Reading is up with another episode! Join us for a great conversation with #religion and #music scholar Dirk von der Horst. We're talking #time, committed communities, and more—plus, lots of links in the notes to oh-so-many versions of #poem and space #opera Aniara!

https://plainreading.libsyn.com/music-time-and-committed-communities-dirk-von-der-horst

#podcast @PodcastsLive #reading #books @bookstodon

plainreading, to 13thFloor
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Hey, hey—episode 12 is up! Come check out Plain Reading's discussion with #poet Lisa Dordal! We're talking #memory, transcendence, the #imagination, correcting misconceptions about #poetry, and more!

https://plainreading.libsyn.com/poetry-imagination-transcendence-lisa-dordal

#podcast @PodcastsLive @poetry @bookstodon #books #reading #bookstodon

plainreading, to poetry
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Hey, it's time for Plain Reading's tenth episode! We're talking this time to molecular and cellular biologist Roya Huang, who fills us in on language learning through reading, the fun of small-group study, and more. Check it out!

https://plainreading.libsyn.com/language-learning-through-poetry-roya-huang

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TheBreadmonkey, to random
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Sad to hear they're discontinuing work on the Apple car

plainreading,
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@TheBreadmonkey We need more Richard Scarry worms zooming around.

ElleGray, to random
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seems impossible to make a potato threatening but here we are

plainreading,
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@ElleGray This is brilliant.

scotlit, to literature
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INTERVIEWER: When somebody asks you to describe your book LANARK, what do you say to them?
ALASDAIR GRAY: I say it is a Scottish petit bourgeois model of the universe.
INTERVIEWER: Just like that?
ALASDAIR GRAY: Yes, I’ve rehearsed it and honed it down to as few words as possible.

From 25 Feb 2021 – the first ever , marking the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Alasdair Gray’s novel LANARK

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ_YoplsZxs

plainreading,
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@scotlit @bookstodon Just got Lanark delivered, thanks to the folks at Bookshop.org! Looking forward to diving in!

plainreading, to food
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Hey, hey! Our new episode of Plain Reading stars author and journalist Juan Carlos Hernández, who talks with us about #food, #family, #memoir, #writing, and more! Drop in and take a listen!

https://plainreading.libsyn.com/memoir-food-and-foundations-juan-carlos-hernandez

#podcast #interview #reading @PodcastsLive @bookstodon #bookstodon

plainreading, to Horror
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Hey, hey! Episode 3 is up! Check out my conversation with evolutionary biologist Zack Blount, who lets us know why #scientists need to read widely—and tells us what makes for good #horror and a good #bookstore .

https://plainreading.libsyn.com/reading-for-the-sake-of-science-zachary-blount

#science #reading #podcast #books @bookstodon @PodcastsLive

deweyritten, to GillianAnderson

Gillian Anderson is a hauntingly good Miss Havisham!!!

(Short video of Gillian Anderson in a dilapidated wedding gown clutching old letters and dead flowers staring into mirror then walking down stairs)

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plainreading,
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@deweyritten Love her. I was also blown away by her role in House of Mirth; sort of a shock, when I'd been used to thinking of her as Scully for so long—but a shock in the best of ways.

AbandonedAmerica, to random
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An eerie damaged photo found at the abandoned Pennhurst State School and Hospital depicting the time in which it was open
More at: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/pennhurst-state-school-and-hospital

plainreading,
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@AbandonedAmerica This is incredible.

NickEast, to books
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The purest definition of a win-win. But... why can't the kids sit outside the dogcage? 🤔

@reading @dogs @bookstodon @kidlit



plainreading,
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@NickEast @reading @bookstodon @kidlit When I come across a great passage, I read it aloud to the little money plant the neighborhood garden center gave me. (And when spring rolls around again, I fully plan on helping my fig tree wake up by reading him some Carl Sandburg. He is a Chicago hardy, after all.)

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